Everyday Arithmetic, Book 3Houghton Mifflin, 1920 - Arithmetic |
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... purchased a country newspaper for $ 3500 . Of this expense , $ 1750 was for the plant , consisting of type and ma- terial with which to set up an eight - page paper . The cost of the plant was what part of the total cost ? 24. It cost ...
... purchased a country newspaper for $ 3500 . Of this expense , $ 1750 was for the plant , consisting of type and ma- terial with which to set up an eight - page paper . The cost of the plant was what part of the total cost ? 24. It cost ...
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... purchased at $ 45,000 ; 2 baggage cars , at $ 25,000 ; 1 mail car , at $ 25,000 ; 3 day coaches , at $ 32,000 ; 1 diner , at $ 38,000 ; and 5 steel sleeping cars , at $ 40,000 . Find the total cost . 7. A mile of railway track is laid ...
... purchased at $ 45,000 ; 2 baggage cars , at $ 25,000 ; 1 mail car , at $ 25,000 ; 3 day coaches , at $ 32,000 ; 1 diner , at $ 38,000 ; and 5 steel sleeping cars , at $ 40,000 . Find the total cost . 7. A mile of railway track is laid ...
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... purchase of a motor boat and a motor cycle . The motor cycle costs $ 175 . This is 70 % of the cost of the motor boat . What is the price of the motor boat ? 5. A last year's model of a certain kind of automobile can be bought for ...
... purchase of a motor boat and a motor cycle . The motor cycle costs $ 175 . This is 70 % of the cost of the motor boat . What is the price of the motor boat ? 5. A last year's model of a certain kind of automobile can be bought for ...
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... purchase at a retail store pass through many hands before we buy them . Take , for example , such an article of clothing as a boy's woolen sweater . The wool for the sweater is pro- duced on a sheep farm or ranch , is bought by an agent ...
... purchase at a retail store pass through many hands before we buy them . Take , for example , such an article of clothing as a boy's woolen sweater . The wool for the sweater is pro- duced on a sheep farm or ranch , is bought by an agent ...
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... purchase of a home , I borrow $ 900 from a trust company charging 5 % interest . What sum must I return to the bank , if I return the loan at the end of year ? SOLUTION BY ANALYSIS Int . for 1 yr . Int . for yr . Am't due = = = 5 % of ...
... purchase of a home , I borrow $ 900 from a trust company charging 5 % interest . What sum must I return to the bank , if I return the loan at the end of year ? SOLUTION BY ANALYSIS Int . for 1 yr . Int . for yr . Am't due = = = 5 % of ...
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Page 294 - Measures of Weight 10 milligrams (mg) =1 centigram eg 10 centigrams =1 decigram dg 10 decigrams =1 gram g 10 grams =1 dekagram Dg...
Page 291 - Time 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day (da.) 7 days = 1 week (wk.) 365 days = 1 common year (yr.) 366 days = 1 leap year 12 months (mo.) = 1 year 10 years = 1 decade 10 decades or \ , , , „ , 1=1 century (cen. or U.) 100 years / J v ' Thirty days has September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, To which we twenty-eight assign, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 10 - L, fifty ; C, one hundred; D, five hundred; M, one thousand.
Page 214 - WEIGHT 10 milligrams (mg.) = 1 centigram (eg.) 10 centigrams = 1 decigram (dg.) 10 decigrams = 1 gram (g.) 10 grams = 1 dekagram (Dg.) 10 dekagrams = 1 hektogram (Hg.) 10 hektograms = 1 kilogram (Kg.) 10 kilograms = 1 myriagram (Mg.) 10 myriagrams = 1 quintal (Q...
Page 291 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal...
Page 290 - LENGTH 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.) 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 5| yards = 1 rod (rd.) 320 rods = 1 mile (mi.) 1 mile = 1,760 yd.
Page 291 - TIME. 60 seconds (sec.)= 1 minute (min.). 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.). 24 hours = 1 day (da.). 7 days = 1 week (wk.). 365 days = 1 common year.
Page 197 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 274 - The water from the irrigation ditches is turned on to the land only as needed and those using the water pay for the amount used. The quantity used is commonly measured by the "second-foot" and the "acre-foot." 2 A second-foot is one cubic foot of running water passing a given point in one second. An acre-foot is the volume of water required to cover one acre of land to the depth of one foot.
Page 205 - A pyramid (Fig. 54) is a solid whose base is a polygon and whose sides are triangles uniting at a common point, called the vertex.